Articles filed under Park Districts
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Adult Wiffle ball league a hit with players, spectators in Round LakeApr 18, 2011 12:00 am - Within the friendly confines of the Round Lake Sports Center, a sport once familiar to children on playgrounds has returned. Using a thin plastic bat and white plastic b...
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Des Plaines Park District hosts teaApr 16, 2011 2:00 am - Fifty-five little ladies and their mothers, grandmothers and aunts, dressed in their spring finery, enjoyed a spot o’ tea and sweets at the seventh annual Des Plaines Pa...
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Impact Awards recognize outstanding volunteersApr 15, 2011 2:00 am - The Volunteer Center of Northwest Suburban Chicago recently awarded six outstanding volunteers in the community with 2011 Impact Awards. Presented annually during Natio...
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Schaumburg native plant sale May 1Apr 15, 2011 2:00 am - The Schaumburg Community Garden Club will hold its annual Native Plant Sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 1, during the Backyards for Nature Fair at Spring Valley N...
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Vintage baseball coming to BloomingdaleApr 15, 2011 12:00 am - Well before baseball made headlines with steroid scandals, player strikes and other distractions, it was a simpler game, America's pastime. And the sport of that era wil...
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Kites ready to launch at Wheaton festivalApr 15, 2011 12:00 am - Consider them the calm within the storm. With more than 800 kites flown by kids of all ages — and skill levels — expected in the air Sunday during an afternoon festival ...
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Mayor Daley opens Chicago's Buckingham FountainApr 14, 2011 11:00 pm - Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley has opened the city's famed Buckingham Fountain for the spring and summer seasons. Daley was at the more than 80-year-old fountain early Fr...
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Gurnee parks hold family fun eventApr 14, 2011 12:00 am - Gurnee Park District’s Family Fun Day and Passport Event is set for 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 15, at the Hunt Club Park soccer fields, 900 N. Hunt Club Road. Action i...
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Palatine Park District’s Hound Egg Hunt on SaturdayApr 14, 2011 12:00 am - The Palatine Park District will host a Hound Egg Hunt at noon Saturday, April 16, at Towne Square, 150 W. Palatine Road, Palatine. Dogs will hunt for eggs filled with tr...
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Palatine Park District recommends closing Willow PoolApr 14, 2011 12:00 am - The swimmers, sunbathers and socializers who for the past 47 years have enjoyed Willow Pool on Palatine’s east side may be losing their neighborhood fixture. Citing age,...